Of the foreign personalities from the world of entertainment who have had to solve problems in the Dominican justice system, the American rapper Tekashi is now at the top of the list, which also includes the Spanish singer Danny Daniel and the Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, the Mexican Duo Jesse & Joy, the Puerto Rican television presenter Laura Hernández and her ex-partner and compatriot Marcos Irrizarry.
Less than five months had passed since the unfortunate incident that occurred in October in the province of La Vega, where the American rapper was accused of attacking several people in a recording studio, when this time he was already facing another case reported. because of alleged gender-based violence.
In La Vega, Tekashi was accused of entering the Diamond La Mafia recording stadium and, along with other men, attacking his work team, who had recently been with Yailin, who was recording new songs at the location.
Daniel Hernández, his real name, is a restless rapper whose criminal record in the USA has been weighing on him for years and who the Google search engine offers without any problems.
Recently, in the city of Miami, an altercation between him and his partner, the Dominican rapper Yailín la Más Viral, was witnessed by his followers and the press, who took the big spoon of the unpleasant situation.
Last October, 6ix9ine's lawyers managed to allow the US rapper to leave the country under certain conditions. And quickly and quickly he went.
Last week, the couple returned to the Dominican Republic and prosecutors found another reason to request the arrest of the artist, also known as 6ix9ine.
On this occasion, he was arrested by the Dominican authorities on allegations of physical and psychological violence against his romantic partner, Yailín la Más Viral.
Wanda (Yailin's mother) is the one who filed a complaint and prosecutors confirm that they have all the leads in the case.
The announcement of the coercive measures requested by the State Ministry against Daniel Hernández will take place on Thursday, January 25, at 9:00 a.m. in Ciudad Nueva.
In another case, in October 2022, the Mexican duo Jesse & Joy were sued by the entertainment production company Ed Live before the First Chamber of the Civil and Commerce Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the National District.
Ed Live accuses the Mexican duo of violating the artistic performance agreement and paying damages. In addition, a criminal complaint was filed with the National District Attorney's Office for services paid and not provided.
Arjona left a mess in the DR
In 2018, Dominican businessman Saymon Díaz announced that he would sue Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona for refusing to offer a concert in the country despite allegedly receiving part of the agreed upon money.
Díaz, who organized Arjona's last two concerts in the Dominican Republic, accuses the “El Taxista” singer of breach of contract and abuse of trust and is demanding compensation for the damage caused.
On February 10, 2018, a few minutes after the end of an Arjona concert at the Quisqueya Stadium, Saymon Díaz invaded with more than 15 armed people and confiscated more than 35,000 kilos of the singer's equipment.
Arjona denied the allegations and claimed in 2019 that, despite having won all the court cases for almost two years regarding the breach of contract that Díaz accused him of, no state entity or individual has taken any action to return to him the funds that were confiscated from them by the organizer.
In the end, it was not known how the case ended, but the truth is that Arjona did not return to Santo Domingo.
Danny Daniel sued Bachatero
The singer-songwriter Danny Daniel and the Dominican Bachatero Zacarías Ferreira were the protagonists of a scandal, since in mid-2020 the Spaniard filed repeated complaints in various media in which he accused Ferreira of using a song of his authorship (“Tú no corresponds”) and threatened with legal action, which did not happen.
After these actions, the “Amiga Venom” singer was surprised and outraged by the incident and ensured that Daniel never approached him, but only made the accusations via television broadcasts.
These actions led to the Dominican Danny Daniel suing, in which he stated that they were only defamatory and offensive statements, since after several appointments by the legal means and through the office he had verified that “he had verified the subpoena “The Dominican justice system declared Danny Daniel in absentia.”
The verdict was handed down by the Fourth Chamber of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the National District, presided over by Judge Teófilo Andújar Sánchez.
The “Vete ya” interpreter was prohibited from leaving the country without appropriate judicial authorization. The publication of his details and general information in a national newspaper was authorized to facilitate his search and arrest, thereby authorizing the arrest and seizure of the actor's assets a sum of ten million Dominican pesos.
Puerto Ricans
A historic case was the case involving the Puerto Rican television host and her then-husband and compatriot Marcos Irizarry. Both were charged (and convicted) in September 2002 for trafficking 70.4 kilos of cocaine.
The then presenter of Univisión Puerto Rico was serving a seven-year sentence in the Santa Rosa de Lima prison in La Romana.
The couple eventually separated. He continued to live in Santo Domingo and married the presenter Georgina Duluc.
In June 2019, the Dominican communicator and actress announced the end of her marriage to the Puerto Rican businessman.